title: Design and evaluation of useful bacterium-specific PCR primers that amplify genes coding for bacterial 16S rRNA.
abstract: We report the design and evaluation of PCR primers 63f and 1387r for amplification of 16S rRNA genes from bacteria. Their specificity and efficacy were tested systematically with a bacterial species and environmental samples. They were found to be more useful for 16S rRNA gene amplification in ecological and systematic studies than PCR amplimers that are currently more generally used.
authors.affiliation: School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, United Kingdom. marchesi@cf.ac.uk
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Weightman
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hiom
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dymock
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S